Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5381, Cyrus Fairbank, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fairbank, Cyrus or Fairbanks
S 5381
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Carded

2025.
Massachusetts
* Cyrus Fairbanks
of Winchester in the State of Mass. who was a Capt. Dr. in the Warren company commanded by Captain  of the Regt. commanded by Col. H. Litchfield in the Mass. line for 10 Days  Drummers in Conscripted
Cyrus Fairbanks. Records at
Apr. 27 04
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 210 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Nov 1832 and sent to Hobson Winchester present
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21st Dec 33 20.00
$80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1838
Recorded by J. H. P. Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 07.

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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before Dea. Nathl. Perkins Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Cyrus Fairbank a resident of Nashborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, On the nineteenth of April in the year 1775 residing at that time in Harvard in said County of Worcester he volunteered for the purpose of opposing the British then on their march to Concord, Mass; that he proceeded from said Harvard to Concord & then to Cambridge Mass. where, after a stay of about a week in the company of volunteers which he first joined - he enlisted as a Drummer for the term of eight months in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Jonathan Davis, in Col. Asa Philcomb's Regt. that he served in said company during the whole term of eight months and at the expiration thereof was honorably dismissed; that he was first quartered on Cambridge river about a mile from the College and afterwards on Prospect hill - that he saw Genl. Washington and Lee, and other Genl. Officers whose names he does not recollect; that Genl. Philcomb (he thinks) had the chief command upon the arrival of Washington at Cambridge - that in the month of September 1776 he again enlisted into the army of the revolution for the term of two months as a Drummer and served during the whole of that time in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Hill and Lt. Howe, (he thinks) of Brattle - in the Regt. commanded by Col. Coveney - St. L. Regt. Maj. Rouse of Westminster Mass; that he marched from said Harvard to Worcester Mass. then to New Haven and Fairfield Conn. then to White Plains N.Y. then to Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson near which latter place he continued till his term expired; that there were two regts. of troops as nearly as he can recollect at Dobbs Ferry & that they were frequently employed in transporting provisions up the river for the use of the Army; that he served as Drum Major during said two months, that in the month of Sept 1777 - at the time Burgoyne was advancing through the State of N.Y., he again enlisted, at Harvard aforesaid for the term of one month in the army of the revolution & that he immediately marched to Petersham in said County of Worcester where his company was organized and himself chosen Corporal; that he marched from said Petersham in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Hill to a Lt. Mounr of Brattle in company of Worcester - to Fort Edward N.Y. passing through Brimfield Vt. on his march; that he served the whole of said month at Fort Edward & in that neighborhood & that he served the army of the revolution three months in the whole; in to enlistment preferred by the law at he says; that he was in Harvard aforesaid 29 May 1782 - that he joined in said Harvard when he was called into the service each of the times aforesaid; that he has no record of his age. that he has resided in said Ashburnham about forty five years; that his service

Polisham in a company of militia commanded by Capt Hill. It was a St. Maurice of Potters in the County of Worcester - to Fort Edward N.Y. passing through Brattleboro Vt. on his march; that he served the whole of said month at Fort Edward in that neighborhood & that he served the army of the revolution eleven months in the whole; in to interrogatories propounded by the Com. & he says; that he was in in Harvard aforesaid 29 May 1752 - That he resided in said Harvard when he was called into the service each of the times aforesaid; that he has no record of his age, that he has been in said Ashburnham about forty four years; that his services were all voluntary - that at Cambridge he saw Genl. Mc ingtan - Lee & Whitcomb at Fort Edward Gen. Starks that he has no documentary evidence of his services in the army; that he never received any written discharge as he remembers - That he is acquainted with Rev. Mr. B. Spaulding; Abraham Lowe, Jas. Jewett Esquire, and Samuel Stimson Thomas Gibson and William Ward all residing in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and the belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Cyrus Folsom
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathl. Daine Judge of Aspelate for the County of Worcester.

We N. B. Spaulding a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashburnham and Abraham Sawin residing in Ashburnham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cyrus Fairbanks who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nathan D. Dames Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Nathan B. Spaulding Abraham Sawin
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that N. B. Spaulding who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Ashburnham and that Abraham Sawin who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Ashburnham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan D. Dames Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Reg'd, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Cyrus Fairbanks for a pension of that Wm. Perry, Silas Holman & Samuel D. Houghton before us know the annexed affidavits were made, are for a pension justices of the peace in & for the County of Worcester, & that they signed the same
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate Court this 18 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts

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Cyrus Fairbank. Hosp. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1932.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* Cyrus Fairbank. Records corrected Apr. 27 '04 a

Affidavit
Jacob Priest
For Cyrus Fairbank

I Jacob Priest of Harvard in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years on the fifteenth of last August do testify and say that I am acquainted with Col Fairbank of Ashburnham in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid and formerly of Harvard in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid having served with him as a soldier in the Revolution that on or about the 15 th of September 1777 said Fairbank & myself hearing of a call for men to go to Saratoga against Burgoyne volunteered our services in the Massachusetts Militia and marched to Bennington Vermonts then to Saratoga aforesaid then to Fort Edward and here faithfully served one month were honorably discharged -
Jacob Priest
Dated August 1 st 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss August 1 st 1832 Then the above named Jacob Priest personally appeared & made oath the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed to true. Before me Samuel S. Houghton Just of Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Jacob Priest & that he is in my opinion a credible & disinterested witness Samuel S. Houghton Just of Peace

Affidavit Benjamin Sawyer for Cyrus Fairbank

I Benjamin Sawyer of Bolton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - aged seventy three years last september, born in D. 1758. testify and declare that Groom Fairbank now of Ashburn ham in the County & Commonwealth foresaid and formerly of Harvard in said County enlisted and in september D. 1776 into the service of the Revolutionary war for that term of two months with myself, as soldiers in Captain Hills company in Col. Congregational Conner's Regiment. we were march to White Plains in New York - thence to Red Bank and we served out said term of two months, and then were honourably discharged - said Fairbank was a drummer in said Regiment - during said term. - Benjamin Sawyer Dated August 7 th 1832 -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss August 7 th 1832. Benjamin Sawyer above named made solemn Oath to the truth of the above declarations by him made and subscribed to from the best of his knowledge and recollection
Before me Silas Holman, Jus. of the Peace - I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Benjamin Sawyer, and his character is that of veracity Silas Holman, Jus. of the Peace

Stanton Pa August 14
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Mr Cyrus Fairbanks
Ashburnham
Ms.

I Levi Husbanks of Newton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that I am acquainted with Levi Husbanks of Ashland in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid & formerly of Howard. That said Levi was enlisted as a drummer in the minutes company under the command of Capt Jonathan Davis of Howard & Col Asa Whitecomb Colonel of the Massachusetts state forces and the said Levi marched from Howard to Cambridge and thence to Boston for the term of eight months from the 19th of April 1775 in the Revolutionary war. Levi Husbanks Attest July 30 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
On this day personally appeared Levi Husbanks who being first sworn, deposes that the above affidavit by him subscribed was just & true
Before me Francis Little Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Levi Husbanks for several years and my opinion is that he is a man of truth and respectability. Francis Little Justice of the Peace

Dear Sir,
to Cyrus Fairbank of Ashburnham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
I Elias Thorne, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said County of Middlesex do certify that Francis Tuttle Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, and that I believe his name set to the within certificate to be his true proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said Court the thirteenth day of October 1832
E. Thorne.

Affidavit Jacob Dutton for Cyrus Fairbanks

Jacob Fullam of Leominster in the county of Worcester commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years last January, testify & say, that I am acquainted with Cyrus Fairbanks now of Ashburnham in the county & commonwealth aforesaid, & formerly of Harvard in said county & commonwealth, having served with him as a Soldier in the war of the Rebellion - that on the nineteen th day of April in the year 1861 as said Cyrus Fairbanks & myself, hearing of the march of the British Troops from Boston to Concord, volunteered as Soldiers from the town of Harvard in the county & commonwealth aforesaid & immediately proceeded to Concord & from thence to Cambridge near Boston, where we arrived the same day - we had previously stood as "minute men" in said Harvard from the month of January next preceding. In about a week after we arrived at Cambridge, said Cyrus Fairbanks and myself enlisted as Soldiers in a company of Infantry of which Capt. Jonathan Davis was commander in Col. Geo. Whitcomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts State Troops for the term of eight months, and both of us served as Soldiers in said company until the first of January 1862. when we were honorable discharged. Said Fairbanks enlisted as a Drummer & did duty as such during said term.
Jacob Fullam
Leominster July 27. 1892.
commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester county ss. July 27. 1892. Then the above named Jacob Fullam personally appeared & made oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me, W m Perry Justice of Peace I certify, that I am acquainted with the above named Jacob Fullam, & that he is, in my opinion, a credible & disinterested witness.
W m Perry Jus. Peace.